Soup Sales Soar at The Fanwood Grille

Chicken Noodle Soup is the most popular variety at The Fanwood Grille.

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Paul Watterson ladles out Butternut Squash Soup.

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Broccoli Cheddar Soup at The Fanwood Grille

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Soups to go at The Fanwood Grille.

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Soup case at The Fanwood Grille

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New Orleans Chicken Gumbo at the Fanwood Grille

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New England Clam Chowder at The Fanwood Grille was featured by The Daily Meal.

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Butternut Squash Soup to go.

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Sweet Potato Soup

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Beef with Noodles and Vegetables

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Chicken Noodle Soup

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Hearty Beef Soup

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By JOHN MOONEY

February 12, 2018 at 12:00 AM

FANWOOD, NJ -- Since being recognized for having the "Best Soup in NJ" by foodie website The Daily Meal, sales the Fanwood Grille's various soup offerings have jumped.

"We've had people drive down from Bergen County just to try our soups," said Paul Watterson, who gets into Fanwood Grille as early as 4:30 a.m. to start making soup. "People call to ask directions and come in and get multiple pints of all the different varieties. Never did we imagine how popular our soups would become so quickly."

Watterson has gone from making one new variety per day to multiple soups, just to keep customers wondering what's next and to keep up with demand. This week's new offerings have included broccoli cheddar, Italian sausage soup, and sweet potato pie soup. In some cases, he uses an old family recipe (Grandma's Spanish Chicken Soup) and other times he experiments until he is satisfied with the final product (Falafel Vegetabel Soup).

"We like to give people samples of the soups so that they will try something the might not get without first having a taste," Watterson adds. "For instance, our falafel vegetable soup is a gluten-free, vegan soup that some customers feared might be too spicy. But once they try it, they love it."

Fanwood Grille Soup Varieties:

Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash (vegan)

Chicken Noodle

Pea Soup

Corn Chowder

Pasta Fagioli

Cream of Chicken

Spanish Chicken Soup

Creamy Tomato

Lentil Soup

Hearty Beef & Vegetable

Italian Hot Dog Soup

Maine Lobster Bisque

Italian Sausage Soup

Mexican Chicken Tortilla

Falafel Vegetable Soup

New England Clam Chowder

Thanksgiving (Turkey) Soup

New Orleans Chicken Gumbo

Sweet Potato Pie Soup

"Our chicken noodle soup and New England clam chowder have become so popular that we'll sell the whole batch before the end of the day," Watterson explained. "Then I have to make more to keep our case stocked for people who want to come in and get pints or quarts of soup to go."

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